Top 10 Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and so does a daily dose of apple cider vinegar. Apple cider vinegar is a type of vinegar made from apples and has a characteristic amber color.

Over the centuries, apple cider vinegar has been used for many purposes: making pickles, killing weeds, cleaning coffee makers, polishing armor, and dressing salads. Apple cider vinegar is also one of the most popular go-to ingredients in your kitchen, offering many natural health benefits.

It is rich in minerals, like potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, and copper, as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, and E, bioflavonoids, and pectin. Moreover, due to its acetic acid content, apple cider vinegar helps your body absorb essential minerals from the foods you eat.

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Here are the top 10 health benefits of apple cider vinegar. For best results, use organic, raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar.

1. Controls Blood Sugar

People who have insulin resistance should have a dose of apple cider vinegar with each meal. Mix one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with one glass of filtered water.

Drink this three times daily to steady your stomach’s digestion rate, which in turn increases the time your body has to process new sugars and keeps your blood sugar levels more stable.

2. Whitens Teeth

If you are embarrassed because you have yellow teeth, apple cider vinegar is a cheap and simple way to restore your teeth’s natural pearly white sheen. Apple cider vinegar helps remove stains and kill bacteria in your mouth and gums.

All you need to do is gargle with apple cider vinegar every morning and then brush your teeth as usual. Regularly eating apples also helps, as the crunchy fruit scrubs your teeth like a toothbrush.

3. Treats Constipation

Apple cider vinegar contains pectin, a water-soluble fiber that promotes bowel movements. This makes it a great natural treatment for constipation.

Add two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water and drink it three times a day. You can add apple or grape juice to the mix to make it more palatable.

4. Promotes Weight Loss

Regular consumption of raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar can also promote weight loss. Apple cider vinegar is a good source of acetic acid.

Studies have found that obese people who consumed acetic acid daily for 12 weeks enjoyed a significant decrease in body weight, abdominal fat, waist circumference, and triglycerides. The acetic acid also helps prevent buildup of body fat and certain liver fats.

5. Nourishes Hair

A solution of apple cider vinegar and water, mixed in equal proportions, makes a wonderful natural hair conditioner. It helps nourish the hair, giving it a shine and soft texture.

To treat dandruff, apply a 50/50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar to the scalp, leave it on for 15 minutes to an hour and then rinse it out. Follow this remedy once or twice in a week.

6. Gives Glowing Skin

Apple cider vinegar can help treat blemishes, reduce wrinkles and tone your skin. For blemishes, apple cider vinegar is a good astringent. Soak a cotton pad in diluted apple cider vinegar and dab it on your blemishes to dry them out and help them heal.

To minimize the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, soak a cotton pad in diluted apple cider vinegar and apply it to the areas you want to treat. It will help tighten and plump up your skin a bit.

To use as a toner, mix half a cup of apple cider vinegar with a cup of water and apply it all over your face. Regular use of this solution will help maintain the pH balance in your skin and prevent various types of skin infections.

Acid stomach I was miserable drank 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. First 3 seconds feel vinegar go down after that acid went away! Tried this a second time a few days later same great relief! Acid has not returned! Yep! I thought the people telling me to do that were crazy also!!!!!!!

If having problems with ACV on your stomach, you’re taking too much at once. Begin with 1-2 teasps in 6-8 oz of water and if still experiencing stomach pain, add a pinch of baking soda before the water until you no longer need the BS. Also, start with with once a day moving to twice a day before meals. I drink my ACV with tea first thing in the morning and again about an hour before bed. It’s quite enough for me. Like everything we do or take for our health slow and easy, but with CONSISTENCY is always the better path to accurately gauge long term positive or negative affects. By no means should you drink ACV w/o a straw and not rinse your mouth with plain water after drinking it. It will sheer off the enamel on your teeth. So drink it at one sitting; then rinse your mouth with water.

You can use Baking Soda, if you are washing it in a sink. But if you want to run it thuogrh, your apple cider vinegar will work fine . I have a stove top, and sometimes I use,” Fume Free Easy Off Oven Cleaner” in the blue can. That really cleans it. My Mom used to get a product called, “Dip- It” and ran that thuogrh hers. Byee, I’m going to have my coffee now!

I started to use ACV almost 3 months and my cholesterol, fat liver, migraine, sign of diabetic is all normal according to my blood test, but I did not lose kilo only I notice that I can wear my jeans size 40 ( was size 42 ) my fat belly starting to become flat also this winter I got sore throat but I drink 1 tablespoon ACV the first thing in the morning and you can feel it is burning in the throat do this until the sore throat or colds are over,, on lunch drink one tbs ACV with one glass apple juice evening 1 tbs ACV before bed within 3 months go to the doctor for best result <<<, I don't mean everybody will have the same result depends on a person? drink a lot of apple juice, water eat what u want but less fatty meat, no soft drinks, less sugar, less salt lastly control you're eating hobby

I have used apple cider vinegar for years for severe leg cramps !! 1 Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar chase down quickly with water !! Takes the leg cramps away in about 5 to 10 mins. works every time !

nice to hear that ACV is good for leg cramp i will use it and see the result , it’s really a pain in the neck especially when i have party a night before ,I like home remedy and this is agood site keep us in loop for any new things especially because I don’t like medicine

My dog suffers badly with yeast infections and i have tried every prescribed medication going to get it under control but to no avail. Just started using apple cider vinegar today with the mother in it to see if this combats the problem